Assisteret selvmord
Illinois medical aid-in-dying bill heads to Pritzker after narrow Senate vote
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A Democrat-sponsored bill to allow terminally ill adults in Illinois to obtain life-ending medication has cleared the General Assembly and awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s review following a 30–27 Senate vote in the early hours of Oct. 31, after House passage in May.
I et interview med RND diskuterer Klaus Reinhardt, præsident for Den tyske lægeforening, de høje besøgstal hos læger i Tyskland, som han ikke alene tilskriver patienternes adfærd. Han advarer mod planlagte receptere sådde rettigheder for apotekere og går ind for sukkerafgift samt forbud mod smartphones i skoler. Desuden støtter han ny regulering af assisteret selvmord med strenge beskyttelsestiltag.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that she intends to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act once lawmakers return to Albany to add safeguards she requested, a move she defended in an op-ed by invoking the nation’s founding principles of limited government and individual rights. The decision has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans, religious leaders, and disability advocates who argue the policy is a moral mistake that endangers vulnerable people.